Loved the New York and New England accents this past weekend. English is English is English, but it’s fun to hear the different dialects in different parts of the country.
I’m curious how these language changes come about, and where exactly the borders lie between accents. Where does Midwest become West? Where does New England fade into New Joisey? And there are even differences among the same “accent” … Southern Virginia and Texas would both be considered “Southern accented” but one is definitely more twangy. And Michigan and Minnesota, both Midwestern, but slightly different “dialects”. And we haven’t even ventured into Canada or back across the Atlantic yet.
But I digress. The point of this story is that we had to stop in at this pub for a bowl of famous New England clam chowder, (…is that the red or the white?) and I was kind of excited when the waitress delivered chowdah instead.
There were also plenty of shirts saying “Bahstun” and “Green Monstah” — presumably only aimed at tourists like us. I mean, locals already know the correct pronunciation of these words and would have no need for a shirt explaining it. Have no idea what I’m talking about? Go rent Good Will Hunting.
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